Honorary Canadians

This room is dedicated to the artists who, while not born here, made a meaningful mark on Canadian music. Whether they came to record, perform, collaborate, or simply found inspiration on Canadian soil, these Honorary Canadians became part of the story. Some stayed briefly, others put down roots—but all contributed to the cultural fabric in unique ways. From one-off sessions to lasting legacies, this is a salute to the outsiders who felt right at home in Canada.

Tracks

Artist	Track	Title	Length
Matt Lucas*	Herpes Blues	Matt Gets Blue	06:30
Aarons And Ackley*	Could Have Had Anything	You And I	02:19
Matt Lucas*	The Peepin' Tom	Matt Gets Blue	03:21
Ellen McIlwaine	For Suki	Fear Itself	02:47
Ernie* Smith	Time	To Behold Jah	04:28
Matt Lucas*	New Orleans Woman	Matt Gets Blue	02:05
Exponians	The Look of Love	Wicked Woman My Peaceful World	03:05
Ellen McIlwaine	Underground River	We the People	03:54
Ellen McIlwaine	Isn't That So	Ellen McIlwaine	03:55
Aarons And Ackley*	Oh What a Good Time	You And I	02:50
Happy Dolls	Pick Up the Pieces	Show Album No. 1	03:59
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble*	Kozak Dance	Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection	04:47
Ellen McIlwaine	Farther Along	We the People	03:45
Ellen McIlwaine	Sliding	We the People	02:52
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study)	Show and Tell	Love Serenade	03:22
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study)	Take Twenty	Love Serenade	02:10
Ellen McIlwaine	Toe Hold	Honky Tonk Angel	04:32
Ellen McIlwaine	It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels	Honky Tonk Angel	02:38
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra	It Only Takes a Moment	And I Love Her	02:08
Ellen McIlwaine	Pinebo (My Story)	Honky Tonk Angel	02:41
Aarons And Ackley*	Sleeping Gypsy	ST	03:56
Oscar* McLollie	Like to Live the Love	ST	03:23
Ellen McIlwaine	Weird of Hermiston	Honky Tonk Angel	05:06
Buddy Knox	Swingin' Daddy	ST (mono)	01:50
Ellen McIlwaine	Regretting Blues	Everybody Needs It	02:27
Priscilla* Rollins	If You Should Lose Me	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:40
Ellen McIlwaine	Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven (But Nobody Wants to Die)	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	02:25
Albert Jones*	I Feel So Good	The Facts of Life	03:13
Nelson* Riddle	Vancouver Nights	British Columbia Suite	02:09
Oscar* McLollie	As Long As You Care at All	So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All	03:42
Buddy Knox	Maybelline	ST	01:49
Jonathan Edwards	Never Together	Sailboat	02:09
David Amram	Pull My Daisy	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	04:18
Alpha Centauri	You Shot Me Down	ST	05:43
Jack Holland	Sylvia	The Eyes of a Dreamer	03:18
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble*	Halya Carries the Water	Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection	05:08
Yukon*	Nova Scotia	Nova Scotia b/w Genius	05:28
Dick Marx Orchestra and Choir*	Here Come the Hawks	Here Come the Hawks b/w Here Come the Hawks (instrumental) (picture sleeve)	02:25
Tony McManus	Chalaneru	The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)	03:23
Mike* Ferro	Bridges	Bridges b/w Soldier In The Rain	04:51
Oscar* McLollie	For the Good Times	ST	04:20
Yukon*	Genius	Nova Scotia b/w Genius	01:59
Ellen McIlwaine	Don't You Have any Love in Your Heart?	Ellen McIlwaine	03:57
Oscar* McLollie	Blues in Nova Scotia (Oscar McLollie)	ST	06:47
Dave Gordon & Kay*	I Love That Hockey Team	I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow	03:07
Ellen McIlwaine	Lover's Lane	Ellen McIlwaine	03:02
Ursa Major*	Silverspoon	ST	06:16
Alpha Centauri	One Night at a Time	ST	03:41
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	O Moon Do Not Shine	Ukrainian Pops	02:34
Ernie* Smith	Don't Down Me Now	To Behold Jah	03:52
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra	I See Your Face Before Me	And I Love Her	02:15
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra	Theme For the Countless	And I Love Her	02:20
Cal* Bostic	Longing for You (Cal Bostic)	Introducing...	02:45
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble*	Hopak	Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection	04:13
Ellen McIlwaine	Ain't No Two Ways About It (It's Love)	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	04:26
Jonathan Edwards	Carolina Caroline	Sailboat	03:13
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars	Three Quarter Promenade	Three Quarter Promenade // Presque Isle Eighth	03:09
Tommy Makem	Vancouver	Vancouver b/w Better Times	02:45
Buddy Knox	Long Lonely Nights	ST (mono)	01:42
Priscilla* Rollins	I'm Sorry	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:37
Ellen McIlwaine	Everybody Needs It	Everybody Needs It	03:14
Joe* Glazer	This Land is Your Land	A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)	02:29
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Halya Несе Галя Воду	Ukrainian Pops	01:56
Jonathan Edwards	Evangelina	Sailboat	03:45
Ellen McIlwaine	I Want Whacha Got (Boston Song)	Everybody Needs It	02:55
Oscar* McLollie	Girl of Mine	ST	03:13
Ernie* Smith	Freedom	To Behold Jah	04:14
David Amram	Your Smile On My Mind	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	03:34
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Respect	You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)	02:50
Ellen McIlwaine	Ode to Billie Joe	Honky Tonk Angel	04:13
Doc Holiday*	Canadian State of Mind	Canadian State of Mind b/w Canadian State of Mind	03:37
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Country Feelin'	Amist the Black Eyes	02:37
Ellen McIlwaine	I Don't Want to Play	We the People	03:20
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study)	Green Power	Love Serenade	02:31
Ellen McIlwaine	Lazarus	Fear Itself	05:46
Exponians	Yellow Bird	Wicked Woman My Peaceful World	03:25
Matt Lucas*	I'm Movin' On	The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On	03:05
Zambonis*	The Greatest Season	To Bleed Black and Gold	02:22
Ernie* Smith	Bend Down Low	Skareggae	03:09
Buddy Knox	Somebody Touched Me	ST (mono)	02:16
David Amram	Little Momma	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	04:04
Ellen McIlwaine	Steal Him Away	Ellen McIlwaine	03:12
Loni Gamble	Circles	ST	06:08
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra	Time After Time	And I Love Her	03:12
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study)	Love Serenade	Love Serenade	06:55
Ellen McIlwaine	All to You	We the People	03:06
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	The Boat is Rocking	Ukrainian Pops	02:36
Cal* Bostic	There You Are	Introducing...	02:59
Charmaines*	(You Are) Hypnotized	(You Are) Hypnotized b/w The One For Me (promo)	02:33
Ellen McIlwaine	Billy Gene	Fear Itself	03:05
Albert Jones*	Mother Nature	The Facts of Life	02:48
Ursa Major*	In My Darkest Hour	ST	05:28
Priscilla* Rollins	There Goes My Baby	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	01:47
Ellen McIlwaine	(I Gotta) Ramble Just Like You	Ellen McIlwaine	02:48
Ernie* Smith	Everything Crash	Skareggae	03:08
Ernie* Smith	Freedom Street	Skareggae	02:47
Matt Lucas*	The Old Man	The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On	02:29
David Amram	Alfred the Hog	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	03:19
Charmaines*	The One For Me	(You Are) Hypnotized b/w The One For Me (promo)	02:15
Albert Jones*	Thank Goodness	The Facts of Life	02:24

Honorary Canadians

Tracks

FEATURED

Matt Lucas* - Matt Gets Blue

Ursa Major* - ST

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Ellen McIlwaine - Ellen McIlwaine

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Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel

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Ellen McIlwaine - Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

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Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It

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Ellen McIlwaine - We the People

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Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself

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Country Mcdonald Joe* - War War War

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Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Amist the Black Eyes

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Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)

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Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Shirley Lewis Show Band

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Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* - I'm a Song

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Cal* Bostic - Introducing...

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Aarons And Ackley* - ST

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Matt Lucas* - The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On

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Tommy Makem - Vancouver b/w Better Times

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Oscar* McLollie - ST

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Oscar* McLollie - Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child

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Oscar* McLollie - So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All

David Amram - Summer Nights, Winter Rain

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Bluebird* - Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost

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Loni Gamble - ST

Dave Gordon & Kay* - I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow

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Albert Jones* - The Facts of Life

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Alpha Centauri - ST

Priscilla* Rollins - Lover's Choice Vol. 1

Eddie* Murray - Montreal, Canada Blues b/w Stepping High Dance

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Dils* - Made In Canada

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Ernie* Smith - To Behold Jah

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